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RandySF

(82,730 posts) Tue Feb 17, 2026, 04:45 PM Tuesday

Wall Street Wants to Turn Election Bets Into Investments

“Roundhill Investments has asked the Securities and Exchange Commission for permission to launch six ETFs that would let investors wager on U.S. election outcomes through standard brokerage accounts — the most ambitious attempt yet to bring prediction markets into mainstream finance,” Bloomberg reports.

“The proposed exchange-traded funds, disclosed in a filing on Feb. 13, cover presidential, Senate and House races across both parties.”

https://politicalwire.com/2026/02/17/wall-street-wants-to-turn-election-bets-into-investments/

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These ETF derivative funds are getting out of hand bucolic_frolic Tuesday #1

bucolic_frolic

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1. These ETF derivative funds are getting out of hand

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Tue Feb 17, 2026, 04:50 PM

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Roundhill is one of the companies offering these things, there are others. You can buy an ETF that only hold the MAG 7 companies, and pays a WEEKLY dividend. While they're supposed to be making money on volatility, the underlying value falls for many months. So you get a pile of dividends and a capital loss. Maybe that's the goal? Paper losses to write off?

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